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- handyjimParticipant
I have been buying my cultures and supplies from New England Cheese. Are there other suppliers that might be recommended?
Curd NerdKeymasterHi HandyJim
Assume you are in America?
Curd NerdKeymasterHi Jim
I popped over to our Facebook page and asked there were other Curd Nerds are buying their supplies from in the US. Below are the replies.
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johncheeseParticipantHi
I too would like to know a choice or suppliers in Aus. Cheese links is my current but sometimes the postage stops me purchasing if for just one or two items. I have to wait until my order needs are greaterThey are good though and cover all cultures
johncheeseParticipantHi. It’s me again
I have managed to answer my own dilemma on culture and mould procurement.
I have only just found a cheese making supplier in Australia which seem to beat all other in price by a very high percentage along with a low fixed shipping rate.
This being
http://www.omnomcheese.com/shop-1/
Worth a browse
Curd NerdKeymasterHi John
Thanks for posting this. It will be very helpful to other cheese makers in Australia.
I may start a sticky (post that stays at the top) with links to suppliers so they are easy to find for others.
adminParticipantIs there any way I can make cultures by myself? Please answer!
Elzani du ToitParticipantHi,
I am a complete newbie at cheese making, I am based in South Africa, and have bought some ingredients from a supplier here, however once you have purchased products / ingredients they do not answer or reply to any question / email. In the recipes they provide with the kit it just tells you to add culture (does not tell you which type of culture to use), does tell you how to make a live culture (by adding a bit of culture to 1L of Long Life milk and let it rest overnight or until milk thickens)
I was hoping someone would be able to assist me…
What happens when you use for example a thermos culture instead of a meso or vice versa, or even use a meso / thermos mix instead of either a thermos or meso culture?
Thank you in advance 🙂
- This reply was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by Elzani du Toit.
Ray JohnsonParticipantThermophilic (Thermo) culture is active at temps above 100F Mesaphilic (meso) culture is active at temps below 100F. If you interchange them the recepie will not usually turn out because your cooking and ripening stages will be at the wrong temps. That said you can try and adjust temps and make some cheese but it won’t turn out the same as the cheese in the recepie. If you are ok with experimenting this is ok but you may turn out some off tasting or textured cheese in the process. A mixed culture is usually going to yield ok (maybe not perfect) results if you follow temperature recommendations in your recepie as the meso or thermo culture will dominate depending on temperature.
Elzani du ToitParticipantRay,
thank you 😀
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